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True saints, when absent from the body, are present with the Lord. A sermon…
True saints, when absent from the body, are present with the Lord. A sermon preached on the day of the funeral of the Rev. Mr. David Brainerd, Missionary to the Indians, from the Honourable Society in Scotland for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge, and Pastor of a church of Christian Indians in New-Jersey; who died at Northampton, in New-England, Octob. 9th. 1747, in the 30th year of his age, and was interred on the 12th following. : Containing some account of his character, and manner of life, and remarkable speeches and behaviour at death. / By Jonathan Edwards, A.M. Pastor of the First Church in Northampton. ; [Five lines from Psalms]True saints, when absent from the body, are present with the Lord. A sermon preached on the day of the funeral of the Rev. Mr. David Brainerd, Missionary to the Indians, from the Honourable Society in Scotland for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge, and Pastor of a church of Christian Indians in New-Jersey; who died at Northampton, in New-England, Octob. 9th. 1747, in the 30th year of his age, and was interred on the 12th following. : Containing some account of his character, and manner of life, and remarkable speeches and behavior at death. / By Jonathan Edwards, A.M. Pastor of the First Church in Northampton. ; [Five lines from Psalms]
printed by Rogers and Fowle for D. Henchman, 1747
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Absent from the Body, AND Present with the LORD. › APPLICATION.
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APPLICATION.
The USE that I would make of what has been said on this Subject, is of Exhortation. Let us all be exhorted hence earnestly to seek after that great Privilege that has been spoken of; that when we are absent from the Body, we may be present with the LORD. We can't continue always in these earthly Tabernacles: They are very frail, and will soon decay, and fall; and are continually liable to be overthrown, by innumerable Means: Our Souls must soon leave them, and go into the eternal World. O how infinitely great will the Privilege and Happiness of such be, who at that Time shall go to be with CHRIST in his Glory, in the Manner that has been represented! The Privilege of the twelve Disciples was great, in being so constantly with CHRIST as his Family, in his State of Humiliation. The Privilege of those three Disciples was great, who were with him in the Mount of his Transfiguration; where was exhibited to them some little Semblance of his future Glory in Heaven, such as they might behold in the present frail, feeble and sinful State: They were greatly entertained and delighted with what they saw; and were for making Tabernacles to dwell there, and return no more down the Mount. And great was the Privilege of Moses, when he was with CHRIST in Mount Sinai, and besought him to show him his Glory, and he saw his Back-Parts, as he passed by, and proclaimed his Name. But is not that Privilege infinitely greater, that has now been spoken of, the Privilege of being with CHRIST in Heaven, where he sits on the right Hand of GOD, in the Glory of the KING and GOD of Angels, and of the whole Universe, shining forth as the great Light, the bright Sun of that World of Glory, there to dwell in the full, constant and everlasting View of his Beauty and Brightness, there most freely and intimately to converse with him, and fully to enjoy his Love, as his Friends and Spouse, there to have Fellowship with him in the infinite Pleasure and Joy he has in the Enjoyment of his Father, there to sit with him on his Throne, and reign with him in the Possession of all Things, and partake with him ⟨p. 26⟩